Posts Tagged ‘butterfly’

  • Caterpillar camouflage

    Presto-chango! Caterpillar larva looks like a bird dung — and then like a leaf. New study points a finger at hormonal balance…


    Thursday, February 21st, 2008
  • Miracles of migration

    Migration of songbirds, butterflies, turtles and seals. Where does the natural urge to move originate?


    Thursday, October 4th, 2007
  • Snout of a butterfly
    A Nose for Nectar

    This CSI is a scanning electron micrograph of the snout of a butterfly. Conveniently coiled when not in use, the long proboscises of butterflies are used to drink and obtain nectar and other nutrients from flowers. This pretty picture was obtained with the aid of a scanning electron microscope, a microscope that scans a specimen [...]


    Thursday, October 20th, 2005


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